hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to complain; to make a complaint
a little bit; a little while
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to move around; to move about; to get around
prisoner's base (children's game); (arch.) man-eating monster
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to take up residence; to settle in
to go out and away; to leave
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
I see; that's right; indeed
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege